The Bucket (Russian: Vedro, Ведро) is a web-series by PP Studio, created by Nikolay Yeriomin. Approved in 2013 from an Unaired Pilot, a first season of five episodes was scheduled for release in 2016-2017, but quickly grew out of proportion with assorted special episodes, eventually making fifth episode, How to Become a Celebrity and Succeed in Life fifteenth overall.
In 2022 it was decided that, while two remaining episodes will be eventually released in some shape or form, series will continue with an soft reboot By the Bucket (Vidrom), a recalibration of the original idea, mostly taking place in an alternate universe.
Synopsis[]
A sketch comedy with a recurring serious segment (usually of horror genre) which evolves around people from the Local Television station in the city of Donetsk trying to came of with something to show on a late-night TV schedule after it was prolongued.
Cast and Crew[]
Note: Although Nikolay Yeriomin appears in practically every episode he is not credited and specifically does not consider himself a member of main cast, as his appearances are more of necessity fulfillment than planned roles.
- Yaroslav Kozak (7 episodes) as:
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- Kyrylo Mieliekiestsev (6 episodes) as:
- Local Television Director (who is also a host of Gop Gear and an unnamed cooking show) (6 episodes)
- The Tester (voice; segment "The Wave He Gave") (2 episodes)
- Epigraph Narrator (1 episode)
- Man Walking Past the Screen (segment "The Wave He Gave") (1 episode)
- Additional Voices (1 episode)
- Mikhail Bondarev (7 episodes) as:
- Mikhail Bondarev (3 episodes)
- Xander Burchill (and an unnamed Ukrainian actor portraying him in Dilemma) (2 episodes)
- The Seller (segment "The Wave He Gave") (2 episodes)
- Mister X (1 episode)
- Avraam Bondy (1 episode)
- The Tooth Guy (voice) (1 episode)
- Misha (1 episode)
- Leonid Sipliy (7 episodes) as:
- Mikhail (6 episodes)
- Something Horrible (3 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (3 episodes)
- The Rioter (and an unnamed Ukrainian actor portraying him in Dilemma) (2 episodes)
- The Skeptic (2 episodes)
- Arkadiy Plintus (2 episodes)
- Konstantin Bakkanskiy (6 episodes) as Konstantin Kannskiy
See also Special Guest Stars for special credit statuses
- Nikolay Yeriomin (uncredited) (7 episodes) as:
- Nikolay, the Camera Operator (6 episodes)
- The Tester (hand double, shadow and voice; segment "The Wave He Gave") (3 episodes)
- Alfred Bergman (3 episodes)
- Epigraph Narrator (2 episodes)
- "Dilemma" Director (2 episodes)
- "Legs" Director (2 episodes)
- "Gop Gear" Co-Host (2 episodes)
- Heavy-accented video engineer (1 episode)
- Frustrated video engineer (1 episode)
- Split Second (1 episode; doubles in later episodes)
- "Insomnia" Night Club Announcer (1 episode)
- Professor Atabadze (1 episode)
- The Hand (1 episode)
- Toilet door reflection (1 episode)
- Post-Credits Scene Voice (1 episode)
- Good Morning Host (1 episode)
- Trailers Announcer (1 episode)
- Potato Peeler Killer (1 episode)
- The Man Behind The Mask (1 episode)
- Shadow in Darabontax commercial (1 episode)
- Alan Smithee as Split Second (6 episodes)
- Freya (3 episodes) as:
- Artem Nikulin (2 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (2 episodes)
- Anton Yevtikhov (3 episodes) as:
- "Insomnia" Night Club Audience Member (2 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Filip Lavrynovskyi (4 episodes) as:
- Church Representative (3 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (1 episodes)
- E.S. Tribes (3 episodes) as:
- Albert Marenstein (2 episodes)
- The Tooth Guy (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Levyi Muzhik (2 episodes) as:
- Levyi Muzhik (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Innokentiy Zibrov-Zadunayskiy (2 episodes) as:
- Innokentiy Zibrov-Zadunayskiy (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Feliks Bakkanskiy (2 episodes) as:
- Felix (2 episodes)
- Yaroslav Kozak (1 episode)
- Unnecessary Addition (1 episode)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Hermann the Refridgerator (2 episodes) as:
- Refrigerator (2 episodes)
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Darina Zhuchenko (2 episodes) as:
- Sudden Actor (1 episode)
- Nikolay Yeriomin (all episodes, 2013-)
- Mikhail Pervushin (co-director: "Family Tree", 2017)
- Sergey A. (co-director: "Explosion of the Modern Architecture", 2017)
- Sergey Twob (co-director: "Fufay Presents: A Bucket of Blood", 2017)
Episode List[]
Note: Chronological order, rather than episode number order.
Air Date | Episode | Synopsis | Special Guest Star(s) | End Credits Song |
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Unaired; Test Screening on 26 July 2013 | Episode 0 (1) "Unaired Pilot" |
After a pair of video engineers botches the newscast, local TV station is forced to air questionable shows and movies instead, including "Cinema-X" (show in which a host, Alfred Bergman, airs an unfinished catastrophically inadequate neo-noir "Dilemma") and a sci-fi b-movie "The Wave He Gave". | Mykyta Rykunov as Newscaster of The Last National Channel (special uninvited star) | The Bucket Main Theme by Nikolay Yeriomin |
2 September 2016 | Episode 1 (2) "This Friday Night" |
For a small local TV station an ordinary Friday transforms into a surreal nightmare when it is suddenly revealed that they need to prolong their schedule and air something all night long. Bizarre situations ensues as the crew tries to assemble the night schedule from outcasts of television and long-forgotten movies. | Innokentiy Zibrov-Zadunayskiy as Himself (special guest star) | "The Fever" by DigitalNativeDance |
23 December 2016 | Christmas Special (3) "All You Could Possibly Want for Christmas and New Year" |
Local Television is struggling to have something good on Christmas and New Year's Eve broadcasts despite faulty script, incompetent staff, lack of time and a fired host. | Sergey A. as Epigraph Narrator (special guest star) Filip Lavrynovskyi as Church Representative (special guest star) |
"It's December (Again Engaged)" by Errors in Geography. |
2 September 2017 | Episode 2 (4) "Family Tree" |
After it turns out that Richard Syutkin mainly hires people from his family tree, Local Television Director tries to struggle nepotism while still running the newly prolonged night schedule. | Clint Basinger as David (special guest star) E.S. Tribes as Albert Marenstein (secret special guest star) |
"Sa(n)d Credits" by Nikolay Yeriomin (cast credits) "The Cat Music" by Murzylka (crew credits) |
23 October 2017 | Episode 2,5 (5) "The Unrealizable Plans Day" |
Local Television's morning show Good Morning is showcased. | - | "Exquisite (End Credits Imperfecta)" by Nikolay Yeriomin |
1 November 2017 | Episode 4 (6) "Fufay Presents: A Bucket of Blood" |
Richard Syutkin decides that the station could use more horror in their night schedule and Local Television Director struggles to find some. | Sergey Twob as Zhora (special guest star) | "Sa(n)d Credits" by Nikolay Yeriomin (cast credits) |
20 December 2017 | Holiday Special (7) "Writings on the Snow" |
Local Television crew assembles for a winter holidays party and minor adventures ensue. | - | "Mr. Winter" by Nikolay Yeriomin |
28 April 2018 | Episode 4,5 (8) "Infinity Bucket: Crappy Superhero Kaleidoscope" |
In a loose narrative of events superhero genre unfolds as Local Television Director and Mikhail discuss it on the streets. | Dmitriy Vanyukov as The Costume Expert (special appearance by) Sergey Twob as Stoned Televisor (special guest star) Sergey A. as The Capeless (special guest star) |
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11 August 2018 | Episode 11 (9) "Episode 11: Main Antagonist" |
In one of the most convoluted and messed plots ever even main antagonist does not know the purpose or meaning of what he does. | Sergey Twob as Special Guest Star (special guest star; credit only) | - |
31 October 2018 | Halloween Special (10) "Local Television's Halloween Mess" |
2018 Halloween Special of "The Bucket" finds the crew of Local Television trying to cut the corners on yet another painful Halloween broadcast with baffling and mysterious results. | Fyodorych as Cactus in 2016 | - |
4 November 2018 | Halloween Hangover Special (11) "The Second Ever Halloween Hangover Special" |
Halloween ended, but something eerie remains in the air of local television and might not just be everyone's crippling hangover... | Sergey Twob as Zhora the Explorer | "Mystery is Save" by Errors in Geography feat. Zexzz |
24 December 2018 | Christmas Special (12) "Communal Christmas" |
Decembers of 1988 and 2018 connect in a mysterious way through a powerful artifact. | J Andrew as Commercial Announcer Fatpat as CRLT-99 Announcer |
"Writings on the Snow (Communal Christmas Remix)" and "Mr. Winter (Communal Christmas Remix)" by Nikolay Yeriomin |
31 December 2018 | Episode 3 (13) "Explosion of the Modern Architecture" |
While Richard Syutkin deals with sudden repairs in his house, Local Television Director works for two. | Anna "G" Dji as The Client E.S. Tribes as Albert Marenstein Sergey A. as Repairman in a Gas Mask |
"Conscience of the Repairman" by Errors in Geography |
31 October 2020 | Halloween Special (14) "The Pumpking and The Pump Kings" |
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31 December 2021 (work-in-progress crew screenings) 2022 |
Episode 5 (15) "How to Become a Celebrity and Succeed in Life" |
Richard Syutkin, Local Television Director and crew as a whole tries to overcome identity crisis over the fact that after working night and day in television for years they're neither successful nor famous. | TBA | TBA |
Air Date | Episode | Synopsis | Special Guest Star(s) | End Credits Song |
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2022 | Episode 0 "Mood Patrol" |
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